gilded

英 [ˈɡɪldɪd]

美 [ˈɡɪldɪd]

adj.  镀金的; 涂金色的; 富贵的; 上层阶级的
v.  使如金子般生光(或生辉、生色); 给…镀金; 涂金于
gild的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：gilded　过去式：gilded　

BNC.12045 / COCA.12081

牛津词典

adj.

• 镀金的；涂金色的
  covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint
• 富贵的；上层阶级的
  rich and belonging to the upper classes
  1. the gilded youth (= rich, upper-class young people) of the Edwardian era
     爱德华时代富贵的年轻人

柯林斯词典

• VERB 给…镀金；涂金于…
  If yougilda surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold paint.
  1. Carve the names and gild them.
     把姓名刻上去，再镀上金。
  2. ...gilded statues.
     镀金雕像
• PHRASE 画蛇添足；多此一举
  If you say that someone isgilding the lily, you mean that they are spoiling something that is already beautiful or perfect by trying to improve it or by praising it too highly.
  1. Gilding the lily of what is basically a romantic comedy, the director falls a little short of his best mark.
     这基本上是一出浪漫喜剧，这位导演却画蛇添足，没有发挥出他的最佳水平。

英英释义

adj

• having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
  1. long aureate (or golden) hair
  2. a gold carpet
  Synonym:aureategiltgoldgolden
• made from or covered with gold
  1. gold coins
  2. the gold dome of the Capitol
  3. the golden calf
  4. gilded icons
  Synonym:goldgolden
• rich and superior in quality
  1. a princely sum
  2. gilded dining rooms
  Synonym:deluxegrandluxuriousopulentprincelysumptuous
• based on pretense
  1. the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
  2. meretricious praise
  3. a meretricious argument
  Synonym:meretriciousspecious

双语例句

• The Lord Mayor follows at the rear in his gilded coach.
  市长大人坐在他阔气的马车里在后面跟着。
• The gilded dome of the cathedral rises above the city.
  大教堂的金色圆顶高耸在整座城市之上。
• On gilded paper bound in calfskin.
  用烫金纸和小牛皮装订。
• She gilded easily from Washington society to the international jet set.
  她轻而易举地从华盛顿社交界进入了尽是富人的国际社交界。
• The holiest of their chapels are topped with gilded roofs
  他们最神圣的教堂屋顶镀了金。
• I have all the philosophers in my library gilded on the edges.
  在我的图书室里的这些哲学家的书边上都是烫了金的。
• The ornate gilded mirror above the mantel.
  壁炉架上方装饰华丽的镀金镜子。
• The vast income and wealth inequalities of the Gilded Age had disappeared.
  按英文原意，应该是：镀金时代巨大的收入不平等和财富不平等消失了。
• He was bare-headed, and the leaves had tossed his rebellious curls and tangled all their gilded threads.
  他没戴帽子，树叶搅乱了他那桀骜不驯的卷发，叫所有那些发丝都纠结起来。
• A scared calf's face gilded with marmalade.
  糊满了桔子酱的脸惊惶得像头小牛犊。